Ryunosuke Akutagawa Quotes

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Jay Rubin
“Had he lived longer, Akutagawa might have come to realize that he was far from alone.”
Jay Rubin, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“Toujours pareil, je me bourre de médicaments. Rien que des somnifères, c'est tout un poème ! Véronal, Neuronal, Trional, Numal…”
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, La vie d'un idiot, précédé d'Engrenage

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“He did not why she pulled out the hair of the dead. Accordingly, he did not know whether her case was to be put down as good or bad. But in his eyes, pulling out the hair of the dead in the Rashomon on this stormy night was an unpardonable crime. Of course it never entered his mind that a little while ago he had though of becoming a thief”
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
“He did not know why she pulled out the hair of the dead. Accordingly, he did not know whether her case was to be put down as good or bad. But in his eyes, pulling out the hair of the dead in the Rashomon on this stormy night was an unpardonable crime. Of course it never entered his mind that a little while ago he had though of becoming a thief”
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories